The Influence of Rap Music Rap music has many negative influences in our culture and society today. ... The criterion to bad rap music is explicit lyrics and negative influences on the youth today. ... When kids see their role models in these acts they copy and try to impersonate the rapper. ... This line influences fans of Cypress Hill to smoke marijuana. ... These are some of the role models in today's society; this is what the kids today have to look up to. ...

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It has the ability to influence people's attitudes and beliefs and the power to make words heard. ... It influenced people to follow their beliefs, voice their opinions, and stand out. ... As long as there's kids coming up that have a passion. ... They can try, of course, to feed you the most puerile, benign horse manure, but some kid's going to come along and demand something more than that." ... Music's unstoppable presence will only continue to influence and govern those who worship it. ...

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Americans Have embraced African American influence on American culture, but many Americans still segregated our culture. African- American Culture that has been "segregated," but has greatly influence American society in many aspects including style, entertainment, language and much more. ... Take a look into suburban Neighborhoods and look at what the kids are wearing. ... The entertainment industry has been influenced greatly by African American movies, film and music; from Sydney Poitier to Denzel Washington the demand for black in Hollywood has grown. ... Slang is greatly used in today&#...

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Anxious kids waited outside in the 100% humidity, and their patience began growing thin. ... The kids had been fans of Marylin Manson, a very controversial artist who sang about killing and hatred. Immediately, people began pointing to him as an influence, along with a movie that was similar to what the boys did. ... Everyone knows that teenagers are very impressionable, and when a popular song talks about violence, many kids listen. ... Also, while Teenagers often end up alienating themselves from their parents because they seem so different, kids can often relate themselves to music arti...

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Kids picking on one another has made some serious problems and even caused people to do something that normally wouldn't do, because they get so angry when another kid makes fun of them. ... Both authors of the essays make good points about how language has influenced us negatively, but I don't think it is that bad. ...

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Parents and teachers put an image in their kids head that Rap music is bad, and they dont want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. ... Which creates influences on others, and makes music grow. ...

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Parents and teachers put an image in their kids head that Rap music is bad, and they don`t want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. ... Which creates influences on others, and makes music grow....

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It could be felt when he sang that he really reached to all his listeners and tried to teach them and influence them. ... Mexican, White, Black, Asian, Indian, and even Pakistani people are all known to listen to his music and are influenced and moved by it. ... "To me its really troubling because I look over what's successful - Marky Mark, Hammer, Vanilla Ice, New Kids on the Block selling twenty-two million copies, and I want that so badly, but I cant do that. ... (Tupac) Tupac influenced most of the people that listened to his music. ... He has also influenced many future and pres...

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In Martin's article, "Music of Murder,"" he stresses that music containing violent images through words is the misuse of the first amendment and that it can influence the mind. Influencing the mind the same way that music can uplift the spirit or rage it. ... They see nothing wrong with rappers singing about violence, prostitution, etc., they say it constitutes rap's appeal for millions of middle-class white kids who have never been inside the black ghetto. ...

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During the twentieth century that forms and influences of the media have expanded and gained popularity as technology progressed. ... Parents are so preoccupied with providing for the family that they do not sit with their children and discuss anything the kids never learn how to communicate and accept others criticism. ...

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Hip-Hop and Rap has been an influence in my life as well as many people I know. ... Many people have said that by listening to these types of music, it influences teens to become violent and start using illegal substances. ... There were many influences of rap music as early as the 1940's but it never really started developing in the 1970's. ... This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. ... Thanks to those artists, such as Eminem and Kid Rock, for making Hip-Hop and Rap an international genre. ...

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Hip-Hop and Rap has been an influence in my life as well as many people I know. ... Many people have said that by listening to these types of music, it influences teens to become violent and start using illegal substances. ... There were many influences of rap music as early as the 1940's but it never really started developing in the 1970's. ... This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. ... Thanks to those artists, such as Eminem and Kid Rock, for making Hip-Hop and Rap an international genre. ...

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Due to the negative influence of this popular music among youth that are struggling for popularity in school and among peers, the government should produce new regulations to involve the parents on what kind of music their children are listening to. ... The violence of gangsta" rap influences the behavior of adolescents and will continue to do so unless government officials decide to make a change. Music influences the youth Although music may have a very positive influence over young people, it also may be very dangerous. ... In other words, every kid wa...

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The elements, unique style, and expression all are responsible for hip-hop's evolution and its strong cultural influence to the world. ... I first got exposed to the culture of hip-hop when I was a kid, as my older brother would play music in the house all day. ...

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Rap music or as critics call it "Gangasta" rap could have a bad influence on you and your society. ... Afrika Bambaataa influence on rap's development is pivotal. ... He turned out 36 songs in this short period, which resulted in "Power Of A Dollar," an unreleased masterpiece that Blaze Magazine judged a classic. 50's stick up kid anthem "How to Rob" blew through the roof and playfully painted him as a deliriously hungry up-and-comer daydreaming of robbing famous rappers. ...

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He was a young kid that always managed to get in, cause he was too damn young. ... He was a quiet kid, that was down with the 3rd avenue crowd from the Bronx. ... Like Perico, he was one of the stars of the movie, the Spanish kid. ... For us as little kids, it was some of the best times I ever had. ... I use to hook up a lot of kids to dance for Scott to go do his shows. ...

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"Mr. Officer, I want to see you layin' in a coffin, sir," from The Chronic and "F--- the police," from N.W.A., are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap." This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think that was being said in the songs is not wrong or against the law. The lyrics in many songs contain violent and explicit lyrics that usually talk about killing someone along with sounds of gunshots in the background. ...

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Even though he was around precarious activity, "he seemed more influenced than harmed by it"(A&E 2015). ... In the end, Kendrick released his first major label album "good kid, m.A.A.d. city....

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In some way the music might influence the listener by the aggressive nature of some songs, and the lyrics but there is also a positive aspect of this. ... Check your nearest overpopulated ghetto, they greet you with a pistol not trying to say hello, mad kids packed 'cos the neighbourhood's like that, want some shit that's fat catch a victim do a stick. Kids pulling triggers, niggas killing niggaz Five-o they sit and wait and tally death-toll figures . it's crazy there ain't no time to really chill, jealous motherfuckers always want to act ill, 22's, 25's, ...

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According to a recent edition of Webster's Dictionary, hip-hop is "the popular subculture of usually black urban youth, especially as characterized by rap music" (313). Furthermore, it defines rap as "a kind of popular music marked by the rhythmical intoning of rhymed verses to an insistent beat" (Webster's Dictionary, 547). It is amazing to see how far this fairly new genre of music has grown and developed, from its humble beginnings in the south Bronx to its widespread popularity today. During its thirty years of existence, the rap industry has continually changed, morphing its...

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Tupac Amaru Shaker: A Study to Determine Whether He is Alive or Dead I am what I would consider an average teenager involved in school, sports, and friends, but another extremely important aspect of a teenager's life today is music. Like most male teenagers of today, I am completely inf...

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Wallace and his recording label Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. had strong influence in the eastern area of the United States, while Shakur and Death Row Records, Inc. controlled the western portion of the country. ... "At the core of their campaign is a conviction that amounts to heresy in some quarters of the rap world: that artistic images do influence behavior, especially when it comes to young people, and that the industry has a responsibility to counter the glorification of guns and street hustling with a realistic message that empowers kids, rather than landing them in jail" (Marks). ...

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